dapple-gray

dap·ple-gray

(dăp′əl-grā′)
adj.
Gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings.
n.
A horse having a coat of mottled gray.
[Middle English dappel-grai, probably alteration (influenced by dappled) of *appel-grai, apple-gray, from Old Norse apalgrār : *apall, apple + grār, gray.]
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dap′ple-gray′



adj.
gray with ill-defined mottling of a darker shade.
[1350–1400]
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Noun1.dapple-gray - grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings
dappled-gray, dappled-grey, dapple-grey
gray, grayness, greyness, grey - a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
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